{"product_id":"9783032213068","title":"Confessions of an AI Brain","description":"\u003ch1\u003eConfessions of an AI Brain\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eElena Fersman | Paul Pettersson | Athanasios Karapantelakis | Christina Chaccour\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eComputers \/ Artificial Intelligence \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\"\u003eConfessions of an AI Brain, Second Edition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\"\u003e invites readers to not only to understand how AI works, but to imagine, question, and actively shape the kind of AI\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Cambria Math',serif;\"\u003e‑\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\"\u003eenabled future they want to build. By framing AI as a narrator, the book ventures inside the mind of MIRANDA, a fictional yet technically grounded AI brain that narrates its own coming\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Cambria Math',serif;\"\u003e‑\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\"\u003eof\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Cambria Math',serif;\"\u003e‑\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\"\u003eage in a world saturated with algorithms, data, and digital infrastructure. Blending clear explanations with an engaging first-person voice, the book demystifies how modern AI systems are built, trained, deployed, and governed—without assuming any mathematical or programming background. Along the way, MIRANDA reflects on topics such as learning from data, \u003cspan class=\"m-1595740991018892556grame\"\u003ebias\u003c\/span\u003e and fairness, neurosymbolic reasoning, agentic AI, foundation models, digital twins, and the infrastructure that makes intelligent services possible.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\"\u003eRather than treating AI as a black box or distant threat, the narrative frames it as a partner in a shared human–machine ecosystem, exploring how artificial and biological minds co\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Cambria Math',serif;\"\u003e‑\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\"\u003eevolve at home, in industry, in cities, and in our creative lives. Through concrete examples — from baby steps in safe sandboxes and “data diets” to multi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Cambria Math',serif;\"\u003e‑\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\"\u003eagent systems, climate\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Cambria Math',serif;\"\u003e‑\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\"\u003eaware optimization, and AI\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Cambria Math',serif;\"\u003e‑\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\"\u003eassisted art, music, and writing — the book shows how AI can be designed to support sustainability, inclusiveness, and human flourishing. Readers gain an intuitive grasp of core concepts like machine learning styles, attention and transformers, trustworthy and explainable AI, and the role of regulation and ethics, all framed through MIRANDA’s candid “confessions” about its capabilities and limitations.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\"\u003eAimed at curious general readers as well as professionals and students who want a concept-focused overview, \u003cem\u003eConfessions of an AI Brain\u003c\/em\u003e bridges technical insight and societal reflection in an accessible, story\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Cambria Math',serif;\"\u003e‑\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\"\u003edriven format. It is also a useful companion for engineers, business leaders, policymakers, creatives, and anyone adopting AI in their work and want to ask better questions about data quality, safety, bias, responsibility, and long\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Cambria Math',serif;\"\u003e‑\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;\"\u003eterm impact. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;\"\u003eElena Fersman\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;\"\u003e is a Vice President, Head of AI Innovation and Incubation and Head of Ericsson Silicon Valley Site at Ericsson. Elena is a docent in Cyber-Physical Systems specialized in Automation at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, holds a PhD in Computer Science from Uppsala University, and did a postdoc at the University Paris-Saclay. At Ericsson, she had various positions ranging from product management to research leadership. Elena is a fellow of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences. Elena has co-authored over fifty patent families.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;\"\u003ePaul Pettersson\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;\"\u003e is Vice-President and Professor at Mälardalen University, Sweden. He has a PhD in Computer Systems and has been appointed Docent in Computer Science at Uppsala University, Sweden. Prof. Pettersson has co-authored over 100 scientific papers, articles, and book chapters in Computer Science. During his career, he has held various leadership positions in academia, including six years as President (Vice-Chancellor) of Mälardalen University.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;\"\u003eAthanasios Karapantelakis \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;\"\u003eis a research engineer with seventeed years of experience in the telecommunications and software industries. His research focuses on automated planning and reasoning and their integration with machine learning. He has held diverse engineering roles spanning software design, cloud technologies, and AI research. Athanasios holds a PhD from KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;\"\u003eChristina Chaccour \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;\"\u003eis a Senior Strategy and Product Manager at Ericsson working on AI for networks and emerging wireless technologies. Her background spans telecommunications systems, AI, and microelectronics, with roles across research, technical pre-sales, network architecture, and business strategy. She holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Tech, represents Ericsson in key industry forums and on editorial boards, and is a co-founder of an award-winning technology startup.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e30 July 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer Nature Switzerland\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9783032213068\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e206\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266740703372,"sku":"9783032213068","price":34.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783032213068.jpg?v=1781088396","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783032213068","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}